Draft-rigging for railway-cars.



J. F. OCONNOR.

DRAFT RIGGING FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1914.

msammm Patnted Apr. 20, 1915.

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Q QMQ WITNESSES: 1 M I EN TOR.

. 1--l of Fig. 2 of a draft rigging embodying preferably a channelshaped member. The 75 movement of the draw bar without strain arrangedJOHN F; o'counoe, or cnroaeo, runners, ASSIGNOR r0 WILLIAM H. amiss, orCEIGAGO, ILLINOIS. i

nnar'r iireems son RAILWAY-CABS.

. iJlBtLOdZ. firecification of Letters Patent Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Application filed April 18, 1914. Serial at. 832,695. r

To all whom it may concern: At its rear end the yoke is provided with aBe it known tl t 1, JOHN F. OCoNNoR,.a- U-shaped member 19, one legofwhich, 20. citizen of the United States, residing at Chiis mountedadjacent one of the links 7 the cage, in the county of Cook and State ofother leg, 21, being adjacent the other link 7 Illinois, have invented acertain new and The said limbs are provided with transverse usefulImprovement in Draft-Rigging for slots registering with the slots 9 inthe rear Railway-Cars, of which the followingis a portion of the linksand the rear key 8 full, clear, concise, and exact description, passedthrough the same. The connecting reference being had to the accompanyingmember 22, between the-limbs of the i 10 drawings, forming a part ofthis specificashaped members engages against therear tron. g follower 18in normal position of the draft My lnvention relates to improvements 1nrigging as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 o draft rigging fo railway cars.the drawings and in forward movement 0 4 The object of my invention isto provide the draft links in pulling movement of the 15 a draft riggingof simple construction and draft rigging. The draft gear 14 is'mountedefficient operation. between upper and lower plates 23 and 24: In thedrawings forming a part of this respectively. These plates serve to formthe specification Figure l is a side elevation stop members for thedraft rigging, as herepartly in vertical horizontal section onlineinafter described. Each of these plates is my invention. Fig. 2 is aplan view partly upper plate, in preferable construction, cominhorizontal section. Fig. 3 is a cross secprises a main web 25 andlateral upturned tion on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. flanges at either edge 26.The lower plate Referring to the drawings the numerals 4 24 comprises amain web 27 and the lateral indicate draft members or parts of the cardowntnrned flanges 28. The saidplates 23 f raines to which the draftrigging is applied. and 24 are each connected at either edge to A drawbar 5, is mounted between the draft the draft members preferably bymeans 0' members and is operatively connected to a the rivets 29, 29passing through their re draft yoke 6, the draft yoke comprising aspective flanges through adjacent portions 39 mir of links 7, T, a rearkey 8 passing of the draft'members. Each of said p ates throu 5htransverse. slots 9, 9, in the rear is provided near its forward endwith a ver' portion of the draft links 7 and extending tical slot 3U,theslot in the upper plate regisat its ends through slots 1f), 10 inadjacent ng h the in the IOWQI P the portions of the draft members 4,the said said slots being sufiiciently longitudinally 35 slots 10,10being longitudinallyextended to extended to permit the travel of thefront permit 1 forward movement of the key 8 follower 17 therein in theoperation of the therein. The yoke 6, is connected to the draft rigging.The forward wall, forming draw bar portion the rear only being shown theslot 30 in each plate, serves as a front in the drawings) by means of acoupler key stop shoulder 31 for the front follower, and 40 11, whichpasses through the transverse slots the rear wall forming said slot ineach plate 12 in the forward portion of the links 7 and serves as alimiting stop shoulder 32 for the through a slot 13 transverselyextending front follower. Near their rear ends the through the draw bar5, the said slot 13 beplates 23 and 24 are provided with vertical ingforwardly extended to permit rearward slots 33, 33 registering with eachother and to recei e the rear follower 18 upon the key and the slots 12,12 in the draft therein, the said slots 33, 33 being sufficiently links7 being rearwardly extended to permit forwardly extended to permit thetravel of the free movement of the key therein on the rear followertherein in the operation of rearward movement of the draw bar. Av thedraft rigging. The wall forming the 50 draft gear 14, is mounted betweenthe draft rear edge of the slots 33 in the plates 23, and 05 links 7,the said draft-gear comprising pref- 24 forms the rear stop shoulder 35for the erahly a shell 1:), and compression resisting rear follower 18and the wall forming the elements 16 within the shell. forward edge ofthe said slots serves as a "he numeral 17 indicates the frontfollimiting stop shoulder 36 for the rear ol- 55 lower and 18 the rearfollower. lower 18. In preferable construction the s ots 12 1nt slink? 7v itIie-IU-Shaped member 19 ,th'

slots and the slots 33 2 ende2 ,aj e provided al preferably; the rivets38; as. In forward movement of the key 11 1s drawn 'forwardlyyengaging.10 e

of the slot the" front walls "of the 7, thus drawing the said linksagainst v e" links forwardly, the

forwardly against '18, which compresses the v,e rear follower ra t'gearl i against thefront follower 17 lower being stopped by the stopshoulders 31, 31, provided in the plates and24a' 'rearwardly withoutmember 19. The d coupler key n rearward movement of the draw bar thedraw bar'moves rearwardly upon'the 11 and the forward extension of theslot 13 in'the draw bar and the rear '7 -o'fthe slots 12 in the draftinks permit the movement of the draw bar strain upon- "the key.

The draw bar moves the fro rearwardly compressing thedraft gear 14, thedraft ge'ajr'bein'g stopped against rearward. oveme nt .by the rearfollower 18 which engages against the rear stop shoulders 35 in theplates 23 and 24. Th page of the front'follower 17 against the g stopshoulders 32 limits" the v ,ofthe front followerand prevents thecompression resisting elements of the draft gear14 from b n mounting thedraft gear in this draft front and rear slots of ower plate 24. Thedraft links may then B placed in their position between the'sills fromthe forward end of the car, the member 19 placed in 8 passed through thedraft links and the raw bar may then be gear the in each of the plates"placed inposition and N ong their edges. with reinforc ng members37, 37,arranged dr ft of the keys if ti he dr wback th s drawing nt followenlieing compressed .mounted between said upper position and the rear keythe coupler keyli gistering slots in the insertedthrough the re amembers, "draft links and draw bar. a change of drawbar becomesnecessary, h ange,may be made by the removal and 8 and withdrawing thesame without disturbing the draft gear or removing the draw bar;-iv'vithdrawingthe followers anddrawing the draft. gear forwardlywhere's'ame may be examined and 'ohangesmade without dismouiiting' thesame from between "the sills. n'case it is necesthe same may be laims.

' 1. In a draft rigging for railway cars,'1n combination, draft membdraft yo underneath the car.

intermediate I thereby forming stop shoulders,

zontal plates and supported ,7 plate, and followers at the ends ofextending .above and "below the into said slots.- l

. .JOHN OCONNORL Witnesses:

ARRIE G. RAnz, ARLINE R. ARNOLD.

said gear same and I so lower'plates secured to the

